Edward Madden

Inductee

18781952Born/Died

1970Inducted

Wrote "By the Light of the Silvery Moon"

Lyricist Edward Madden was born in New York City on July 17, 1878.

Growing up in New York, he attended public schools and graduated from Fordham University. He started writing special material for singers including Fanny Brice for various vaudeville acts and eventually moved on to the Broadway stage.

His work on Broadway produced the scores for Rogers Brothers in Panama, The Mimic World, The Girl and the Wizard, He Came from Milwaukee, La Belle Paree and Little Boy Blue.

Maddens songs have also been included in several hit films of the 1930’s, 40s’s and 50’s including Turn Back the Clock, Babes in Arms, Tin Pan Alley, Bullets for O’Hara, Birth of the Blues, Ship Ahoy, On Moonlight and By the Light of the Silvery Moon.

Edward Madden, a charter member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), died in Hollywood California on March 11, 1952.

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